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Blog outlining the origin of different MOTU characters

"Skeletor was given legs that could be reused for Mer-Man, with three-toed feet and a more generic shin guard. Instead of the decrepit forearms, he was given unpainted gloved forearms that could be reused for Mer-Man (ironically Mer-Man would eventually lose the painted gloves, making this design change unnecessary)."

As a kid, Skeletor was always one of my favorite characters. He-Man and some of the other good guys seemed kind of boring to me, but the villains were colorful and interesting. I think part of the reason Hordak and King Hiss were brought into the line later was to make Skeletor a "lesser evil" that could occasionally team up with He-Man to face the real threat. Skeletor had become so popular that it was decided to make him more of a "lovable villain" like Mr. Burns on the Simpsons rather than an irredeemably evil character like Hordak or King Hiss.

Thanks! I featured your He-Man and Wind Raider gift set repro box in my Wind Raider feature. Your post and of course your Grayskull Museum site have been very informative. I believe I mentioned you a few times in several posts

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thanx man! Awesome work, why did you not post it earlier here?

I don't know, I guess I didn't know how much interest there'd be, or how it would turn out. I didn't promote it anywhere at first, but no one found it, so I made a Facebook page.

Thanks! I featured your He-Man and Wind Raider gift set repro box in my Wind Raider feature. Your post and of course your Grayskull Museum site have been very informative. I believe I mentioned you a few times in several posts

Yep I seen, thx a lot, I read all the articles haha
I just sent a message to Rudy Obrero to know if he had memories about the guy with the red armor between Beast Man & Skeletor on the He-Man/Wind Raider artwork, I had never thought of asking him.
I am also thinking for Zodac but have finally few doubts.

Also regarding your website I discovered an interesting thing about Whiplash that I had never noticed before: the picture from the Mattel catalog with the purple spear.
I crossed one time on eBay a purple spear (sold with a loose Whiplash figure) exactly like this one, I did not buy it but had wondered where from it could come, as for the Faker orange taiwanese belt I think that few early Whiplash figures are coming with this purple spear.
The spear from the sale I seen was not a repaint for sure.